The duck is high maintenance. She takes two-and-a-half hours to inflate, and requires constant air from up to three pumps.

Torontonians will flock this weekend to an attraction that has no relationship to Canada Day at all: a giant rubber duck.

Whether people are drawn by the idea that the massive toy bird figuratively transforms Toronto Harbour into a giant bathtub or the novelty of a record-setting duck, its call beckons.

Here are eight things to know about the plus-sized mallard:

Because it's a maritime vessel, the duck receives "she" or "her" pronouns.

The duck is actually something of a fake. She is a facsimilie of a project by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that has been underway for more than a decade. This duck has been around since 2014.

The duck is big. She is six storeys, which is tall enough to require a zoning variance in most Toronto neighbourhoods. Along with the supporting barge that makes the duck float, she weighs 30,000 pounds.

This duck, created by Ohio public relations specialist Ryan Whaley, is the world's biggest–just a few feet taller than Hofman's. As Whaley told Metro, when you make a giant duck, it may as well set the record.

The duck is high maintenance. She takes two-and-a-half hours to inflate, and requires constant air from up to three pumps. Sometimes there's a worker inside the inflated duck to maintain the pump; there is a giant zipper entrance in the duck's butt.

The duck requires eight to 10 people to manage, unload and inflate it. The duck also requires a crane to remove it from its transport truck.

It cost $120,000 to bring the giant duck to the Redpath Waterfront Festival, which pays for things like transportation and maintenance. Whaley says that the cost to initially build the duck was $150,000.

The duck can be seen for free from July 1 to 3 at HtO Park along the waterfront. The duck will then make her way to Owen Sound, Sault Ste. Marie and Midland.